Cryptic
Across
1 Items from a stream, a cataract, diverted to a desert (7)
5 Part of the ocean where Britain is key (6)
11 I pursued a marshal at the Peloponnesian site (9)
12 Initial findings of the Bangkok Declaration? (5)
13 Little girl embraces a boy on returning to the country (7)
14 Islands are the first and last when it comes to raw materials (6)
16 Resort in Thailand to signs for phosphorus, hydrogen, uranium, potassium – and in Latin (6)
18 No end of fish at top class retreat here in the Med (8)
20 East align with Gore as candidate (8)
22 The Spanish influence in alternatively titled state (6)
24 See 28 Down
26 First man across water – the first to reach a bit of Nigeria and Cameroon (7)
29 Hard on a writer, being a member of a strict religious sect in the US (5)
30 US client originally from part of Guatemala (9)
31 Mess about returning to a Japanese city (6)
32 Russia state capital as agricultural building, gold and the pound sign (7)

Down
2 Shandong city gives informal thanks to a Scotsman (5)
3 Goan wench changed on arriving at Korean resort (9)
4 Mystery miss from Cheshire? (6)
6 The State House is beneath the mountain (5)
7 Native Americans rebel against Breton capital right away – it’s replaced by yen (9)
8 Tug gets a north-easter from US (4)
9 Celtic ring seen at Mid-Wales site (9)
10 Sheep penned up in temperate place in Eritrea (6)
15 Approval in Germany over the French and the Spanish offensive in Afghan city (9)
17 Several US places with an underlying urban alliance? (5,4)
19 Dog gets name after a part in the Balkans (9)
21 Turkish leader read the last letter
in English sent back to Tuareg capital (6)
23 Company support Georgia rebel leader for Peruvian president (6)
25 The Spanish headgear for this part of Sumatra (5)
27 Kazakh Caspian site – a quiet, empty area – to get a university (5)
28/24 Against ale reform in rural part of England (4,6)

Quick
Across
1 Chilean desert (7)
5 Bay of the E Atlantic (6)
11 Classical Peloponnesian site (9)
12 Acronym for regional organization including Indonesia and Malaysia (5)
13 W African country, capital Dakar (7)
14 Portuguese mid-Atlantic islands (6)
16 Thailand island resort (6)
18 Part of Italy, capital Cagliari (8)
20 Far-eastern (8)
22 49th State of the Union (1959), the Last Frontier state (6)
24 See 28 Down
26 Plateau of west equatorial Africa (7)
29 Of a strict Mennonite sect in the
US (5)
30 Guatemalan department and its capital (9)
31 Japanese industrial city (6)
32 Capital of Altai state, eastern Russia (7)

Down
2 City of Shandong, China (5)
3 Korean holiday resort (9)
4 Dormitory town in Greater Manchester, close to the Peak District (6)
6 The 43rd State of the Union, the Gem state (5)
7 Algonquin Native Americans, originally from the Great Plains (9)
8 Traditionally (and colloquially), a New Englander (4)
9 Market town of Powys, Wales (9)
10 Capital of Eritrea (6)
15 Afghan frontier city (9)
17 One of several towns in the US (eg, in California and Pennsylvania) (5,4)
19 Describing the NE coastline of the Adriatic Sea (9)
21 Tuareg base, now an administrative centre in central Niger (6)
23 Diego ------, largest of the Chagos archipelago in the Indian Ocean (6)
25 Sumatran hill district and its capital (5)
27 Alternative spelling for Kazakh city on the Caspian Sea (5)
28/24 Low-lying natural region of England (4,6)

Big Bad World by P J Polyp